Eh, I did mention they then went ahead with the other metro project which wasn’t ready to go like MN was. And I did mention the funding was there to do it, it wasn’t going to be payed for by us, and not then. And what about all the jobs?

A snub to FF in general because it was always their baby and FG came in with all the ‘new broom stuff’, and that was a handy excuse to include MN like it was some wasteful folly of the dark era. Then they turned around and started up the mess that has become the new LUAS/Metro project so…

The lack of FG TDs in Dub NW, and NC from 2011 to 2016 may also have been a factor. No lobby? The ones in Dub North may have been new and young, and lacking clout

I wonder if Theresa May is regretting calling the election now? Some polls suggesting that the Tories’ lead has been halved. She is alienating the grey vote with plans to use their savings to pay for their social care in their old age. Labour promising to do away with University fees if they get elected. Old people will vote and they do hold some clout. There has been a rush on people registering to vote, a lot of them believed to be 18-20 year-olds who, by all accounts, want University fees abolished and a re-think on Brexit. The Tories will still be the largest party after the election. I just wonder are they squandering their majority with their hard-Brexit talk and social care plans, not to mention the continued austerity.
Then again, a Labour/LibDem/SNP coalition doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, either.
The Tories are turning things dirty, also - as is their won’t. Albeit, this is from yesterday week, Labour do have some answers to the Tory mud-slinging…

As bad and all as Miliband was, Corbyn is the single biggest impediment to Labour right now. Liverpool/Mersey has just elected Andy Burnham as its Mayor. I reckon if he was leading the Labour Party right now, Labour could be pushing the Tories hard. Then again, if he was Labour leader, May probably wouldn’t have called the election. She has targeted Corbyn as Labour’s weakest leader since Michael Foot and is trying to cash in.